Volume control with remote

hello,
I use i tune with airport express to listen music on my hifi. I want to use the remote from the i book to control volume. but it just control the volume on the i book and not the signal sent to the hifi.
is it possible to control the volume sent to the hifi with the remote ?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

It is very odd... when you adjust the iTunes volume slider bar volume output to the Stereo is adjusted ... Why can't this be done with the Apple Remote? Silly. (My Stereo is an old school NAD amp... no remote).
D.

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pcm.!default pcm.channel1
pcm.snd_card0 {
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type dmix
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period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 48000
channels 4
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0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
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rate 48000
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bindings {
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
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type hw
card 0
device 0
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type asym
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type plug
slave.pcm "dmix0"
ttable.0.0 1
capture.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "dsnoop0"
ttable.0.0 1
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type hw
card 0
device 0
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type asym
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type plug
slave.pcm "dmix0"
ttable.0.1 1
capture.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "dsnoop0"
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type hw
card 0
device 0
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type asym
playback.pcm {
type plug
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ttable.0.2 1
capture.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "dsnoop0"
ttable.0.2 1
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ttable.0.2 1
ttable.0.3 1
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type multi
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Turned on my Apple TV today after work. As often happens, Netflix was "unavailable".
I usually fix this by unplugging my Apple TV, letting it sit, and plugging back in.
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